Deep Learning and Digital Companions are the New Virtual Assistants

Hutoma, a new London based start up specialised in machine learning, launched on Kickstarter Project HER, the world’s first AI Digital Companion. (PRWEB) October 24, 2015 Virtual Assistants, like the Apple Siri, exist today to perform a small set of tasks, each saving users a few steps along the way. If users want to know the weather or the results of a sporting event they can ask Siri, and be met with a rapid reply. Siri exemplifies the rise of virtual-assistant software that mimics some of the skills of human secretaries: creating reminders for appointments, looking up information and completing other tasks. Hutoma, a new London based start up specialised in artificial intelligence, is arguing this is not the way it’s always going to be. They believe virtual assistants can…